When grilling barbecue chicken, you must slowly and steadily grill one side of the chicken at a time at high heat, hoping for it not to burn as you glaze it with sauce. This can be a lengthy process. Alternatively, when you roast barbecue chicken in the oven sans sauce, you allow the chicken to bake at a consistent medium heat temperature that cooks it evenly on all sides, all at once, ensuring an extra crispy texture. This is just one of the many benefits of using an oven-barbecued chicken recipe versus cooking on the grill.
Not only will the uninterrupted cooking temperature give you crispy chicken skin, but you’ll also save yourself cooking time by not having to constantly interrupt the roasting of the chicken to apply BBQ sauce. In this oven-roasting scenario, your barbecue sauce will be sitting on the stovetop waiting to be basted onto the chicken once it’s done cooking and crisping up. Since you’ve now got some time to focus your attention elsewhere as your chicken roasts in the oven and your sauce simmers on the stove, you can whip up some other dishes that pair well with your barbecue chicken.
